Foodies Festival kicks off in Preston Park in Brighton

Preston Park was a riot of colour due to the myriad of brightly coloured stalls and awnings scattered across the grounds for Foodies Festival.

People could be seen drinking, relaxing and picnicking at the event, which has been called the “Gastro-Glastonbury”.

People picnicked in front of the music stage (Image: The Argus)

Visitors had plenty to choose from with cuisine from across the globe including Mexican, Caribbean, Japanese and much more.

The sun was shining (Image: The Argus)

There were also lots of drinks options for thirsty foodies.

The pina colada bar seemed to be very popular (Image: The Argus)

People could get Pimm's from a tennis ball bar, seating was arranged to create a pub garden feel and there were long queues at the pina colada bar.

The Pimms bar was in the shape of a tennis ball (Image: The Argus)

Throughout the three-day festival celebrity chefs and much-loved bakers gave demonstrations in the cooking tents.

Saturday saw appearances from chefs and bakers including Jurgen Krauss, a Great British Bake Off favourite from Hove, MasterChef 2010 winner Dhruv Baker, vegan food writer Richard Makin, Pete Dantanus from Brighton’s Burnt Orange and Daniel Mertl from Brighton restaurant Due South.

People could visit plenty of demonstrations from top chefs (Image: The Argus)

Today, there will be live cooking by MasterChef 2021 champion Tom Rhodes and Sussex's 2018 MasterChef champion, Kenny Tutt, from Pitch restaurant in Worthing, and many more.

People also brought their canine companions (Image: The Argus)

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People drank and relaxed (Image: The Argus)

Kenny Tutt said: “It is great to be invited back to Foodies Festival again this year and to be cooking some exciting new dishes. Foodies puts a spotlight on some of our regions best local restaurants and producers, and really celebrates good food and drink. But not only that, it’s always such a brilliant weekend of entertainment.”

The music stage (Image: The Argus)

The music main stage was headlined last night by Sophie Ellis-Bextor and tonight will see Scouting For Girls take to the stage.

Tomorrow, Spandau Ballet’s Martin Kemp will deliver the ultimate 80s party.

More than 25 other bands and artists will perform across the weekend.

There was lots of food to choose from (Image: The Argus)

Roy Stride, the lead singer of Scouting For Girls, who is from Horsham, said: "We always look forward to Foodies and it just wouldn’t be summer without it.

“The festivals have a great vibe and we often bring our family and friends along to enjoy the fun. We’ve all taken a liking to the Japanese bao buns and the Jamaican jerk chicken, so we will also be looking forward to scoffing that.

"See you there Brighton.”